The old master's voice gradually became lower and deeper, with a slight vibrato.
He sensed something, especially Chen Yong's reaction, which almost confirmed his guess.
"How much...how much?"
Chen Yong turned his head with difficulty, looked at the old master, hesitated, and stretched out his five fingers.
The old master was furious and slapped him. The seemingly expensive red jade Ruyi fell to the ground and shattered, revealing a transparent gelatinous material of unknown material inside. It was obvious that it was a fake.
Chen Yong covered his face, shook his head, and murmured: "How could this happen? I don't know! I really don't know!"
The old master laughed angrily and said: "What do I tell you on weekdays? I want you to study hard and look good. This industry is very deep. You have to learn a lot and you will never finish it. But you What? Did you listen to my warnings? You don’t know? Do you have the nerve to say you don’t know? For those in this business, once you say this, it’s over! It’s over! You know ?"
Chen Yong knelt on the ground with a mournful face, sobbing quietly but unable to speak.
"You... you... are really... really angry at me! You are so angry at me!"
The old master was so angry that his body was trembling, and he wanted to whip Chen Yong hard. But looking at this young man who could almost be said to have been brought up by him, the brat he had taught him all the way, his full anger suddenly evaporated. .
He was suddenly extremely frustrated. He leaned over and swept up the broken Ruoyi, and dumped it into an iron bucket together with a bunch of rubbish.
"Master...Master..."
Chen Yong called out in a hoarse voice. This thing was an evidence. He felt bad that it was packed away so hastily.
"You can't get them back. They're here well prepared. How do you want to catch them? And the job of a pawn shop is to do the business at that time. Once you take over the business, you have to take responsibility for the losses and profits, especially as the ringleader. , it’s a good thing if you are right, you will make money if the pawnshop makes money, but if you are wrong, the pawnshop cannot lose money, you have to give up some from your property to make up for it, and your reputation will be better in the future... Haha, in the future you will Don’t call me master either, I can’t be your master.”
Chen Yong was startled, and hurriedly knelt forward, grabbed the old master's clothes, and begged: "Master...Master, you want to drive me away? You...you can't drive me away. If you don't care about me, what will happen to me in the future?" What to do? I...I was brought up by you!"
The old master seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and said to Chen Yong: "Not only are you leaving, but I am leaving too. You can't hide this from anyone. You have to give an explanation. You can't give this explanation, but I can give it. I can't teach you well." It's your fault. From now on, we will go back to our own way. I don't have a few years left to live, but you still have a long way to go."
With a strong shake, Chen Yong's hand was thrown away, and the old master walked in tremblingly.
Chen Yong cried and begged to no avail. He looked left and right and realized that no one was coming. He and the old master were the only two people in the pawn shop at this time.
Clenching his hands, he regretted that he should not have listened to his master's advice. If he had practiced well and learned well, he would never have been deceived.
At the same time, he was also very scared. What would he do if he was kicked out from here?
He didn't have any skills. If he had any skills, he would just follow some of the palm skills he had learned from his master over the years. It would be no problem for him to get a job in a pawn shop, but as he said before, no one could We know that he is the apprentice of the old master, but no one knows who he is because no one cares.
Now the old master said that he also wanted to leave, and that he was leaving because of a mistake in his palm, and his reputation was ruined.
Let me ask you, if even experienced people like the master master look away, how can the apprentice of the master master be any better? Who dares to want him?
Gritting his teeth, Chen Yong felt uneasy and unwilling. He wanted to tear the middle-aged man to pieces and swallow all the flesh and bones into his stomach.
Suddenly I heard footsteps again, slow and heavy, getting closer and closer.
It must be the old master who came out of the inner room.
Chen Yong's eyes showed hope, but then he returned to despair. After spending many years together, he knew the old master very well, just like the old master also knew him. He knew that when the old master came out, he would not change his mind, but would become more determined. Get yourself out.
This late at night...
Chen Yong's eyes flashed with hatred, he stood up, opened the cash box of the pawn shop, grabbed a handful of silver coins, and ran out.
The old master came out and didn't see Chen Yong. He was startled at first and lowered his eyes sadly. Then he thought of something and was startled again. He quickly looked at the cash box.
I saw that the cash box had been opened, the inside was messed up, and it was almost empty.
He understood immediately. His face was gray and pale, and his body was shaky. He covered his mouth and coughed repeatedly. The more he coughed, the harder he coughed, as if he wanted to cough out his heart. He stooped and fell down.
Chen Yong robbed the money from the pawn shop and ran as fast as he could on the street.
He didn't dare to stop. He was so familiar with this area that he would be recognized by people just by meeting him.
The old master will not take the blame for him anymore. He knows it very well. He has done such a thing again. Even if the old master beat him to death personally, it is considered a minor offense. How can he still speak for him?
It won't be long before things about his incompetence, robbery, and abduction will become a big deal. He has to take advantage of the fact that no one cares about him and run as far as he can. He just hopes that the old master is old and his legs are not strong enough. The slower the movement, the better.
Little did he know that the old master had fallen down and could no longer stand up.
Chen Yong fled to Linzhen to rest. Not knowing where to go, he settled there for a while, living in isolation.
As time went by, it gradually became strange, because no one was looking for him, and there was no wanted document from the government.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong. Didn't the old master report him?
Based on his understanding of the old master, although the old guy was not unkind, he was jealous of evil and could not be soft-hearted.
Although he was worried about his own safety, he could not control his curiosity. He was really uneasy because he didn't understand some things clearly, so he disguised himself and hurried back.
Although some time had passed, some things were easy to find out. Chen Yong soon learned the news that the pawn shop had been robbed.
Not only a sum of money was lost, but the old master who was in charge was also killed.
When Chen Yong heard that his old master was dead, he couldn't express his feelings or whether he was sad or sad, but he breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously felt that he could put aside his own safety for the time being.
He went to the river and rolled all over himself in mud. He hit a big rock several times and ran back to the pawn shop with a bruised nose and face.
The old man at the pawn shop recognized him and quickly asked him.
After all, the old master was killed and Chen Yong disappeared, so he inevitably became the subject of suspicion.
Chen Yong only said that he was coerced by the gangster. Later, the gangster was found by his enemies, and he escaped. As for what happened to the gangster, he didn't know anything about it.
It's always good when a person comes back. Seeing that he is full of glory, it seems that what he said is true. In addition, the pawn shop is short of manpower. It is better to have an acquaintance to help than to find a stranger to add to the dike, so Chen Yong was kept.
After all, he studied under the old master for a period of time, and even though his skills were much worse, he always had some unique insights and showed his ability and vision in some places. Chen Yong soon became the head of the pawn shop and jointly managed the pawn shop with a shopkeeper here.
Perhaps because of the old master's death and the past experiences of the pawnshop, Chen Yong's reputation spread quickly after his return. Many people complimented him, and the pawnshop's business became much more prosperous.
It seemed like a happy ending for everyone, but Chen Yong still had a thorn in his heart, and he could not forget the death of his master.
"If it weren't for that bad guy, Master, he wouldn't have to die!"
Chen Yong always gnashed his teeth and cursed the so-called villain like this before and after him. The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he even had the idea of revenge for his old master.
To avenge his old master, he naturally needed to find that person. Chen Yong wanted to tear that person into pieces.
The old master's death was always a thorn in his heart, which made him panic and always wanted to pull it out.
And in Chen Yong's view, that middle-aged man is a threat. He has to find the other person to solve this hidden danger. Otherwise, one day that person will appear, his lies will be exposed, and everything he has now will be in vain.
